Amendments to Children and Young Persons Act 19698

1

The following consequential amendments shall be made to section 25 of the Children and Young Persons Act 19697 (transfers between England or Wales and Northern Ireland)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

after the words “training school order” there shall be inserted the words “or by any order which has effect as if it were a fit person order”;

ii

for the words “as if it were a care order” to the end of that subsection there shall be substituted the words “in a case in which there was a fit person order (or an order having effect as if it were a fit person order), as if it were a care order under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 and in a case in which there was a training school order as if it were a supervision order imposing a residence requirement as mentioned in section 12AA of this Act.”8;

b

in subsection (2)—

i

after the words “committed by a care order” there shall be inserted the words “to which paragraph 36 of Schedule 14 to the Children Act (criminal care order transitional provisions) applies”;

ii

after the words “interim order” there shall be inserted the words “or who is to accommodate a person pursuant to a supervision order imposing a residence requirement as mentioned in section 12AA of this Act”;

iii

the words “or to the care of the Secretary of State” shall be omitted;

iv

for “83(3)(a), 88(3), 90 and 91(3)” there shall be substituted “88(3) and 90”;

v

for the words “a fit person order” there shall be substituted the words “the supervision order”;

c

in subsection (3)—

i

the words “or the Ministry of Home Affairs” shall be omitted;

ii

for the words “or care order” there shall be substituted the words “, care order or supervision order”;

iii

in paragraph (b) after the words “care order” there shall be inserted the words “or supervision order”;

iv

sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) shall be omitted;

d

in subsection (4) the words “or the Ministry of Home Affairs” and the word “Ministry” shall be omitted.

2

The following consequential amendments shall be made to section 26 of the Children and Young Persons Act 19699 (transfers between England or Wales and the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man)—

a

in subsection (1) after the words “interim order” there shall be inserted “or as a supervision order imposing a residence requirement as mentioned in section 12AA of this Act” and at the end of the subsection there shall be inserted the words “and “care order” means an order made under section 31 of the Children Act 1989.”;

b

for the words in subsection (2) from “, subject to the following subsection” to the end of the subsection (3) there shall be substituted “be deemed to be the subject of a care order placing the child in the care of a named local authority or, where the relevant order was made as a criminal disposal in criminal proceedings, a supervision order imposing a residence requirement as mentioned in section 12AA of this Act with a requirement that the child be accommodated by a designated local authority.”